Carrier profile · USDOT 1272960 · MC-496828 · Updated Jun 13, 2026

FSTI INC

24 power unitsavg 10.3 yrRegional · 4 statesAUSTIN, TX86/100
CARRIER ACTIVEMC-496828 ACTIVERATED SATISFACTORYHAZMAT
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Safety

Roadside out-of-service rates versus the national benchmark, inspection and crash trends, decoded violation themes, and ELD / hours-of-service integrity — the full safety picture behind the verdict.

Out-of-service rate· 24-mo cumulative · vs national

Vehicle OOS 53.8%24-mo cumulative
050%nat'l 22.26%
Driver OOS 6.7%24-mo cumulative
030%nat'l 6.67%

Every inspection in the window pooled — 13 vehicle and 15 driver inspections over 24 months.

Vehicle OOS rate· vehicle OOS · vehicle-level inspections · 6-month trailing

50.0% · latest 6-mo window▲ Rising

Share of vehicle-level roadside inspections in each trailing six-month window that resulted in a vehicle out-of-service order. Trending up 28.4 pts across the window. The national vehicle benchmark uses the same metric and is shown on the chart.

Roadside inspection history· 24 charted calendar months · vehicle / driver level · any-OOS overlay

15 inspections in the charted months · busiest month Jul '25 · 3

Vehicle-levelDriver-levelAny OOS

Monthly FMCSA roadside inspections across the 24 charted calendar months. Bars show level-qualified vehicle and driver populations; one inspection can qualify for both. The line shows inspections with any out-of-service result.

Inspection coverage· expected vs observed · the fraud signal

Inspection coverage

How heavily FMCSA inspects this fleet for its size — it tells you how much to trust the safety signals above. Thin coverage on a young authority is a fraud signal nobody else surfaces.

Thin coverage
Under-inspected
Expected
Well-monitored
Heavily inspected
≈0.3 / unit·yr
thin signalabundant signal
Few roadside inspections for a 24-unit fleet — the out-of-service and violation signals above rest on a small sample, so weight them cautiously. Thin coverage on a young authority is itself a flag.
Registered power units
24
Inspections · 24 mo
15
Annualized
≈8 / yr
Coverage
≈0.3 inspections / unit · yr

BASIC categories· CSA SMS · Aug 2026

Unsafe Driving
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
21%
Hours-of-Service
Vektor peer est.
Driver Fitness
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
Controlled Substances
0violations
clean · per-BASIC
73%
Vehicle Maintenance
Vektor peer est.

Percentile = standing among same-exposure peers (higher = worse). FMCSA publishes percentiles for only some carriers (shown official); elsewhere we show a Vektor peer-percentile estimate, or the absolute SMS measure when there are too few inspections to rank.

Violation themes· decoded · grouped by BASIC

What this carrier actually gets cited for — FMCSA violation codes decoded into plain English, ranked by frequency.

  • 393.9 Inoperative required lampsVehicle Maintenance11 · 4 OOS
  • 393.75 Tires (defective / underinflated / worn)Vehicle Maintenance7 · 4 OOS
  • 392.2 State/local traffic law violation (speeding, etc.)Unsafe Driving7 · 0 OOS
  • 395.22 ELD — provider/registration/malfunctionHOS Compliance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.55 Antilock brake system (ABS)Vehicle Maintenance5 · 0 OOS
  • 393.45 Brake tubing / hose defectsVehicle Maintenance4 · 0 OOS
  • 393.11 Required lamps/reflectors missingVehicle Maintenance2 · 0 OOS
  • 172.516 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 178.345 Other violationOther2 · 0 OOS
  • 177.817 Other violationOther2 · 2 OOS

ELD & hours-of-service

6 hours-of-service / ELD violations on record · most recent Dec 13, 2024. FMCSA does not publish the ELD device brand; these are the carrier's logging-compliance signals.

5ELD device issues
0No log / no ELD
1False logs
0Drove over hours

1 ELD violation in the last 24 months. Falsified-log violations are a serious integrity flag.

Crash history· 21 total · 0 in 24 mo

21
Total crashes
0
In last 24 mo
0
Fatal
13
Injury
YearCrashesFatalInjuryTow
20231011
20222012
20211011
20201001
20181011
20172002
20151011
20143013
20133032
20111010
20101011
20091011
20082012
20071001
DateStateFatalitiesInjuriesTow-away
Dec 2, 2023TX01Yes
Jul 10, 2022CO01Yes
Apr 5, 2022TX00Yes
Apr 6, 2021TX01Yes
May 2, 2020TX00Yes
Apr 10, 2018TX01Yes
Dec 11, 2017TX00Yes
Apr 24, 2017TX00Yes
Nov 13, 2015OK02Yes
Oct 1, 2014TX01Yes
Aug 7, 2014OK00Yes
Feb 12, 2014AR00Yes
Sep 16, 2013OK02Yes
Jul 29, 2013TX01No
Mar 4, 2013TX03Yes
Aug 29, 2011TX02No
Dec 23, 2010TX03Yes
Mar 13, 2009AR02Yes
Jul 10, 2008TX00Yes
Jun 21, 2008TX01Yes
Dec 22, 2007TX00Yes